Bend, OR Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Bend, OR - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Bend, OR moved from $50,620 in May 2024 to $54,570 in May 2025 (+7.8%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Bend, OR sits +4.7 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Registered Nurses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Bend, OR
Registered Nurses publishes $135,010 here versus $97,550 nationally (+38.4%; 2,500metro-area jobs). Next is Fast Food and Counter Workers at $35,460 locally versus $31,200 nationally (+13.7%).
- Registered Nurses$135,010 in Bend, OR sits 38.4% above the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (2,500 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$35,460 in Bend, OR sits 13.7% above the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (3,680 published local jobs).
- General and Operations Managers$93,660 in Bend, OR sits 11.4% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (2,260 published local jobs).
- Cashiers$36,290 in Bend, OR sits 10.4% above the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (2,390 published local jobs).
Registered Nurses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Bend, OR; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 13460 · Bend, OR $66K mean
MEAN-HIGH · RPP-MID · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-AHEAD · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-HIGH #81/528
- RPP-MID 103.6
- OCC-MID 375 occs
- TOP-LEAD Family Medicin… · $263K
- EMP-MIX Registered N…
- TREND-AHEAD +4.7 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Buffalo-Cheektow…
- BOOK-FULL 369 rows · May 2025
Read with Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY (+$0 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer — not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Bend, OR
Employment scale inside Bend, OR's top-pay list
Registered Nurses and Software Developers lead published employment inside Bend, OR's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Registered Nurses 2,500 jobs · $135,010
- 2. Software Developers 690 jobs · $129,030
- 3. Managers, All Other 370 jobs · $134,070
- 4. Financial Managers 290 jobs · $149,030
- 5. Medical and Health Services Managers 290 jobs · $129,890
- 6. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 290 jobs · $127,220
- 7. Computer and Information Systems Managers 260 jobs · $166,310
- 8. Physician Assistants 220 jobs · $148,610
- 9. Sales Managers 200 jobs · $149,450
- 10. Nurse Practitioners 190 jobs · $159,100
- 11. Pharmacists 180 jobs · $165,960
- 12. Architectural and Engineering Managers 150 jobs · $169,920
- 13. Natural Sciences Managers 150 jobs · $135,710
- 14. Personal Financial Advisors 150 jobs · $133,080
- 15. Family Medicine Physicians 120 jobs · $262,570
- 16. Dentists, General 120 jobs · $224,990
- 17. Human Resources Managers 110 jobs · $139,380
- 18. Electrical Engineers 110 jobs · $127,090
Occupations Tracked
375
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$66,336
employment-weighted, 369 complete rows
Top Salary
$262,570
Family Medicine Physicians
Cost of Living
103.6
4% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Bend, OR
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Family Medicine Physicians | $262,570 |
| 2 | Dentists, General | $224,990 |
| 3 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $169,920 |
| 4 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $166,310 |
| 5 | Pharmacists | $165,960 |
| 6 | Nurse Practitioners | $159,100 |
| 7 | Sales Managers | $149,450 |
| 8 | Financial Managers | $149,030 |
| 9 | Physician Assistants | $148,610 |
| 10 | Marketing Managers | $142,640 |
| 11 | Computer Hardware Engineers | $140,390 |
| 12 | Human Resources Managers | $139,380 |
| 13 | Natural Sciences Managers | $135,710 |
| 14 | Registered Nurses | $135,010 |
| 15 | Managers, All Other | $134,070 |
| 16 | Purchasing Managers | $133,720 |
| 17 | Personal Financial Advisors | $133,080 |
| 18 | Computer Programmers | $132,280 |
| 19 | Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers | $132,010 |
| 20 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $129,890 |
| 21 | Optometrists | $129,810 |
| 22 | Software Developers | $129,030 |
| 23 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $127,220 |
| 24 | Electrical Engineers | $127,090 |
| 25 | Clinical and Counseling Psychologists | $124,970 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Bend, OR
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants | $33,090 |
| Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other | $33,780 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $34,420 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $34,760 |
| Cooks, Short Order | $34,880 |
| Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other | $35,100 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $35,360 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $35,460 |
| Tutors | $35,500 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $35,600 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in OR
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside OR. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($66,336 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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